Flacco answers critics

Jan. 22, 2013

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Erik Brady
USA TODAY Sports

Somehow, the other quarterback always seems the bigger story -- until Joe Flacco beats him.

Flacco beat Tom Brady Sunday, Peyton Manning the week before, and rookie sensation Andrew Luck the week before that. Now Flacco goes to the Super Bowl to face a second-year quarterback who'd started only seven NFL games before this season's playoffs -- and darned if tattooed San Francisco 49ers QB Colin Kaepernick doesn't seem the fresher, more startling story.

Flacco stood before a horseshoe formation of reporters Monday afternoon in the Baltimore Ravens practice bubble when asked how he feels ...